Version 4.40.11-1 not honoring rules?

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Apr 18 09:01:52 IST 2005


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What MTA are you using?

Peter Peters wrote:

> Julian Field wrote on 13-4-2005 23:23:
>
>> There was a bug in previous versions where it would do a "first matches"
>> rule check on the ruleset for "Virus Scanning", which meant it would
>> scan the message if the "first" recipient in the message requested
>> scanning.
>>
>> It now scans a message if any of the recipients asked for it to be
>> scanned.
>
>
> It also happens when it's only one recipient who, according to the
> rules, doesn't want scanning.
>
>> Peter Peters wrote:
>>
>>> Since the upgrade to 4.40.11-1 MS seems to scan everything for virusses
>>> and spam. Default in rules-files is no. Only some domains are scanned
>>> according to the rules. After upgrading MS scans all e-mail.
>>>
>>> Before the upgrade the log contained lines showing "unscanned"
>>> messages.
>>> After the upgrade no more "unscanned" messages are logged and users are
>>> complaining about their messages beeing scanned.
>>
>
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